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  • Mark Liebrecht 5:13 pm on March 31, 2007 | 4 | # |
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    On April 6th(Good Friday), it looks like the original Bolt, or Bolt2 as it is now called, will be shut down. I have to say, I’m one of the people that are happy to see this, because it’s been begging to be put down for years.

    I originally found out about it when I signed up for my first hotmail account back in 1998. Bolt had four different versions at one point. There was an Australian version, an American one, a UK one, and a Canadian version, which is where I spent most of my time in high-school when I was suppose to be preparing for exams. It was getting bigger and more popular. It even offered personal websites, email accounts, message boards, chat, clubs/groups, etc. It was one stop shopping in terms of internet communication. Then one day the websites disappeared. Then the email. Chat rooms were always empty. They closed down the ‘international’ Bolt sites, and left us with just Bolt.com. I lost total interest in it for years. Visiting the site became more of a hassle than it was worth, because all the pop-up ads kept crashing my old computer.

    I came back at the end of 2005, because I had just built a website, and I figured the best way to whore it would would be on Bolt, but it was barely active. Within’ two months, they opened up Boltfolio, which became something of a MySpace clone, and no one was really visiting it. So, they changed it’s name to Bolt, and renamed the original Bolt2. At any given time, there are maybe just a couple hundred people online, which is a far cry from the thousands I remember when I first joined.
    Am I sad to see Bolt2 get shut down? Not really. I just wish they put some effort into making it unique like it once was, rather than following in the footsteps of MySpace. Really, the last thing the world needs is another MySpace.

    Your thoughts?

     
  • Mark Liebrecht 2:36 am on March 31, 2007 | 14 | # |

    Rather than type something in my own blog, I figured I’d post something other than an announcement, over here for once.

    • Altern gave me some names of potential bloggers the other day, so I checked out their myspace profiles. They don’t seem to be batshit crazy, so I sent them messages asking them to check out the blog, and to write me back if they’re interested in joining this little experiment. Here’s hoping they say yes.
    • I saw the new Bond movie again last night. I like this new actor better then the past few. Yes, even Connery. Please don’t hate me too much.
    • April Fool’s Day is just around the corner, what fun that will be. Odds are I won’t be out of bed in time to even think about celebrating it.
    • I’ve been putting some serious thought into signing up for one of those ‘get paid to blog’ type services. The only downside is, if you want to make any real money at it, you’ve got to be working on 20+ blogs daily. That kinda takes the fun right out of it, eh? (Yes, I’m Canadian)
    • Has anyone else seen the previews for that movie Grindhouse? Does anyone else have strong feelings of contempt for it? I don’t think I could sit through both those movies. I didn’t mind Sin City, but I really don’t care for those directors. One is too wordy, and the other relies too much on special effects.
    • It’s about 2:30am here. My eyes are bloodshot and I’m falling asleep as I type this, so I think I’m going to go get some much needed sleep.

    Have a good Saturday everyone! ;)